Abigail612

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1. What's $500 dollar NCLEX RN question?

   Abigail612 replied to ArrowRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I'm poor. My resources were mainly ones that I already had and one review course to help keep me organized. It really was worth it to help keep me together. My resources and costs were... NCSBN 3 week...

2. health assessment class tips

   Abigail612 replied to Nflower's topic in General Students

   What I found helpful was practicing my skills over those subjects and having a friend from the class quiz me asking "why are we performing this skill?" and "what are you looking for?" Leaarning and...

3. Feeling really unprepared

   Abigail612 replied to NightNerd's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Where I work usually a CNA espeically one just out of school usually has two weeks of orientation, the first day or two they just follow and observe and help out here and there. Then after a few days...

4. Not willing to do the dirty work?

   Abigail612 replied to stratus93's topic in General Students

   I think that it is very important as a nurse to learn what your CNAs learn. You never know when you may have to pitch in and help. Also you are their suppervisor you have to be able to observe what...

5. Health Teaching Topic for Boys and Girls Club

   Abigail612 replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in General Students

   One thing that some friends of mine did was a hand washing project. They had a beach ball that the kids tossed around and then they put it under a black light ! Kids love that sort of stuff! Good

6. CNA: Day vs evening shift- which is better?

   Abigail612 replied to chariot's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Evening shift and nights shifts tend to be under apreciated as well. Many times day shift leave things undone and so we as evening shift have to clean up after them as well as do our own work. During...

7. I just killed a tree

   Abigail612 replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

   I'm thinking its not, my parents gave it to me because I needed it for school I think it was one of wally world's $30

8. I just killed a tree

   Abigail612 replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

   Wow my printer goes through 2 ink cartridges for every reem of paper so it costs me $85 for every 500 page that breaks down to .17 cents a page where as the school only costs .03 cents a page or .06...

9. What to do?

   Abigail612 replied to stratus93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   What you have planned out looks like a reasonible load so I would just go for it. I would also apply to all the LVN, RN, and BSN programs that you think may be a possibility for you and even ones that...

10. I just killed a tree

    Abigail612 replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

    I acctually found it was cheaper to print things off at the schools librbay as compared to my own. You may want to do the math you may find its cheaper as

11. Combining Nursing Classes

    Abigail612 replied to ns12's topic in General Students

    I would suggest taking A&PII first the sooner you take it after A&PI the better because you have to rely fairly heavily on what you learned in A&PI. I would take either Stats or Chem with...

12. I'm transfering from a community college to a university...

    Abigail612 replied to luvmykids0810's topic in General Students

    Just do your pre reqs there isn't any point in wasting time and money on classes you do not need. Thats what I did and it worked out fine, that is one of the many pruposes for community colleges is to...

13. Would Cheat in an Online Course?

    Abigail612 replied to peachshan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    All the online classes I have taken before were all open book, however this did not make it easy because the tests were timed so there was not a lot of time to look up all the questions plus the...

14. Organization and shoe question for new nursing student..

    Abigail612 replied to ko115's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't bother having two messanger bags I would just switch out the books you don't need the night before, plus by haveing two bags you always run the risk of grabing the wroung one (I so can see...

15. Feeling a bit discouraged...

    Abigail612 replied to samrusrn's topic in General Students

    There are a couple perks to being an NP over a PA. The first one is you can get a decent paying job while getting your NP, this will also give you patient experience. Also none of you nursing classes...